Car-coupling.



U TAWLKS.

GAR GGUPLNG.

APPLIGATEON FILED Nov. 7, 190s.

may 11, 1999.

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ALLAN TAWLKS, OF HARVEY, NOR-'Ill DAKOTA., ASSIGNOB, QF'UNE-HALF T0 IRA D.

ULA li, GF lill lil/E ire. 921,482.

To all whom it 11mg/ conferir.'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 7, 19GB.

Be it known that l, iiLLAN Tfrnv'ilirs, s eitil zen ol tlie United States, residing st Heiney, in the county ol d ells rind Starte oi' i Dakota, lieve invented s new :ind use'l'nl 'mir- Coilpling, 0ll wliioli the following is :i speri'tlf designed vfor use in connection with 'if'srions types ol drziit rigging, :ind rups'ole ol en ab ingI tlie drow 'ofirto lie readily disconnected und removed Wlioii desired lor replacing :i broken springl or lor any otl'ier purpose.

l lurtlier olijeet olL the invention is to pro- 3 vide s. ein' eoupling, erlangt-ed 'particularly l'or use 'ou l'reiglit ears, and rspzilile oi being' diseonneoted and detorliod lroin tlie drul't rigging 'without removing the follower pluto, the spring or springs ond tlie droit ironie or ii'oii, which eonnerts tlle drow lier with the. drs-lt rigging.

With tliese ond otlier objects in View, tlie invention consists in 'the construction `and novel combination oi' parts lir-reinzrlter lolly described, illustrated in tlie zioeonxpiinying drawing', :ind pointed ont in tl'ie eluiins hereto appended; it being understood tliut various changes in tlie form, proportion, sir/,e rind minor details ol' construction, within tlie scope ol' tlie ola-inis, may lie resorted to \\itliout departing. froin the spirit or seorilieing an ol` the advantages ol' tlie invention.

ii tlie drawingsz-ll`igure l ai side elevetioii oi' e, csr Coupling, constructed in scoordoiiee witli this invention, und shown applied to it fragment ol' s car, tlie latter being in seetion. lig. 2 is horizontal sei-.tional View ol' tlie suine. Fig. 3 is :i Vertical longitudinal sectional View on tlie line 3"-3 ol' Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is o transverse sectional View on the line 4 -4 ol' Fig. Fig. 5 is o detail see tional View, illustrating the manner ol' removing the drow bei' from tlie. droit yoke.

rLilie nunierfils oi' reference designate oorresponding parts in ull tlie iigiires of the drawing.

l designates s. drow bei', provided Wit`i o squared iront portion adopted 'to present zi atented flay il, 15509.

Seri-s1 No. 261,52?

list loner ieee. to esi-ry iron 2, :is elesily illustrated in Fig. l ol tlie drawing. 'i ne. iront end oi the drow bar moy lie equipped Ywith i draw liesd 3 :ind souple-r nieeneni n, ol' any iiii'el'erred een ree-tion, und the res' portion 4' oi'tlie drew oor is rounded and is orovided nt its rear end witli on integral Vo'o ong heed 5, arranged in o vertioal position, :is illustrated in l? i find 3 ol the drawing, wlien tlie drow liezid is in its norinel lioris i tel position. rllie lie-ed 5 or" the drenTl liar is detmzlmbly interloolied with. o droit iron or yoke o, composed oi spaced npner lower sides ond s eonneotiiig Vertical rear portion 7, preferably formed integral with tlie llie iront or outer terminals oi' the siiles are provided n'itli vertical lugs 8, lo-osted tiie inner opposite iziees oi the upper ond lefier sides and srrsnged vertically to -iorin oon trerted enti-snee to the droit iron or yoke. The spar-.e lio* v. elle ings 8 of :i wir l' reeeive tie ronndeo resi? portion i.

" drow lmr, und tlie heed oi tine drow finir is adopted to Alit against :rnd eng-nge the inner vertical luces ol tlie .lues :is rleiirlv shown in b i .i Figs. l und f3 oil" tlie drawing, nlm-eng," tlie draw bei' is seriirel;P connected with tlie draft voke or iron. lie lt folie or iron n u l l Y receives 'the loiloirer plates :uid l() ind tlie spring ll of. the droit rigging. Only single drslt or cushioning' spring is illustrated in tlie accompanying drawing, but any type oi droit rigging listing one or niore springs may lie employed, will 'oe readily understood le eron.y end reiir l'ziees or edf/es ol" the ll i o* rest :ire Vert esl the resr mees bein@lq erl l Li C,

ranged to lieztr ogni" st tlie follower plete to pass through tlie spsee or passage between the projecting logs et tlie frontoi'outer end of the droit yoke or iron. Tliisjoperstion om)v lie 'performed without reirrloninq the iollower pistes ind does not' 'neeesf ite the toldos' down of the drow guides i4 und other portions of the draft rigging. ln event ol" breakage of a spring, or should it beeoinc necessary to remove the draw bar for any other purpose, the draiv har may be quickly detached by simply rotating it horizontally one quarter of a revolution and drawing it outward. It may then be entirely removed from the car or leilt supiortod by the carry iron. lt is also desira )le to connect the front or outer portions ol the sides of the draft iron'or frame, and it will also be necessary to loosen or remove Vsuoli Connecting means. Various forms of connections may be employed. .ln the accompanying drawing l have illustrated a U-sha ed bolt or member 15, composed of vertiea sides and a eonneeting tot portion 16, the lower terminals of the sidles being threaded for the reeeption of nuts, which secure a transverse plate 17 against the lower side of the draft yoke or iron. The up er side of the draft yoke or iron is preera ly provided with a 'groove 18 te dforni a seat for the connecting portion ol the U-shaped Ibolt or fastening member, and the lower side is provided with a eorresponding recess 19 for thereeeption of the connecting plate 17. The connecting Ameans prevents any relative lateral separation or spreadinff of the engaging portions of thesides el the draft iron or yoke.

Vllien the parts are assembled, the draw bar is adapted to reci )recate freely in the draw iron or yoke and is cushioned by the spring .in 'the usual manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as nen' and desire to secure. by liettersPatent, is :M v

1. The combination of a draft yoke including spaced sides having a Contracted entrance and provided in rear. of the latter with ways, and a draw bar arranged to4 reciprocate in the contracted entrance and piovided with a head arranged to' pass through the contracted entrance when the draw bar is turned from its normal position and adapted-to engage the yoke when the dra'iv bar is in its normal positionI said head being reciproeatable in the Ways of the yoke.

2. The combination of a draw yoke inelud-l ing spaced sides provided with inwardly eX- tendlno' lugs spaced apart and forn'iing a oontracted entrance, said sides being also provided witli guideovays extending rearwardly 'from the lugs, a draw bar. reeiprocatable longitudinally ofthe yoke and having a head slidable in the said guide-ways and interlocked with the lugs through rotary moven'ient, and a detachable fastening device connecting the front portions ofthe sides to prevent the saine from spreading.

In testimony, that l claim the foregoing as iny own,v I have hereto al'lixcd my signature in the presence of two .vitnesses.

ALLAN TAWLKS. Witnesses:

JOHN H. SrGGERs, EDITH L. BROWN. 

